The paper describes one way to approach the multidisciplinary task of optimizing a tiltrotor wing structure which is equipped with an active flutter suppression system. Objective function is a productivity index, as a ...

An automated procedure for tiltrotor performance sensitivity calculation based on a V/STOL aircraft performance and sizing code, VASCOMP, is presented. The technique utilizes internal UNIX utilities and shell scripts, and ...

The Peters/He Finite State Wake Model is described in its application to fixed wing aerolasticity. Expressions for coupling this model with a wing, aerodynamically represented by a flat plate with a trailing edge flap, are ...

The aerospace industry is currently addressing the problem of integrating design and manufacturing. Because of the difficulties associated with using conventional, procedural techniques and algorithms, it is the authors' ...

Over the years, the U. S. rotorcraft industry and NASA have conducted numerous studies to determine possible candidates for a potential High Speed Rotorcraft Concept (HSRC) and to identify and provide suggestions and ...

The extent of knowledge required to perform the task of integrating manufacturing with aircraft design is beyond the expertise of a single engineer. This defines the need for a decision support system, or Knowledge-Based ...

Effective design of modern systems requires the systematic application of design resources throughout a product's life-cycle. Information obtained from the use of these resources is used for the decision-making processes ...

The aerospace industry is currently addressing the problem of integrating manufacturing and design. To address the difficulties associated with using many conventional procedural techniques and algorithms, one feasible way ...

A multilevel decomposition approach for the preliminary design of a High Speed Civil Transport Aircraft wing structure is described. The wing design is decomposed into three levels. The top level uses the FLOPS aircraft ...

Effective design of the High Speed Civil Transport requires the systematic application of design resources throughout a product's life-cycle. Information obtained from the use of these resources is used for the decision-making ...

Progress in establishing an analysis package and design/optimization framework for preliminary design of a civil tiltrotor aircraft is reported. Updates to the sizing/performance program VASCOMP and Equivalent LAminated ...

Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD) embodies the simultaneous application of both system and quality engineering methods throughout an iterative design process. The use of IPPD results in the time-conscious, ...

A combined procedure for the aerodynamic and structural optimization of a High-Speed Civil Transport wing is presented. Primary goal of the procedure is the determination of the jig shape of the wing necessary so that it ...

Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD) embodies the simultaneous application of both system and quality engineering methods throughout an iterative design process. The use of IPPD results in the time-conscious, ...

Recently, the aerospace industry has felt the impact of the combined effect of increasing aircraft systems costs and budget restrictions and is reacting through a series of initiatives to help minimize their overall Life ...

The knowledge required to integrate aircraft manufacturing characteristics and constraints into the structural design process is beyond the proficiency of a single engineer. Concurrent Engineering (CE) enables the integration ...

The possibility of a new aircraft that is capable of solving the increasing demand of inter-city transportation has attracted the attention of the aerospace industry for quite some time. Under the High Speed Rotorcraft ...

This paper presents an exploratory study for identification and quantification of the economic benefits or implications associated with wing cost variations. A hierarchical cost model structure is used to determine life ...

Researchers from the Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory (ASDL) at the School of Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Tech have been developing over the past three years a comprehensive methodology for the integration of ...

The design (or evaluation) of military aircraft, by nature, is a process consisting of conflicting goals and objectives at the conceptual, preliminary, and detailed level. Affordability, mission capability, availability ...